FRESH SNOW WAS FALLING

Fresh snow was falling

Like scattered confetti at

A winter wedding

CROWS HAVE FOUR WING FEATHERS

 

Crows have four wing feathers,

Ravens have five,

They’re called pinions

So, the difference between

A crow and a raven

Is just a matter of a pinion

THE DECEMBER MOON WAS FULL

 

The December moon was full

And bathed the landscape

In its bright lunar light

So that the ice crystals sparkled

Like diamonds in the snow

BARE SKELETAL TREES

 

Bare skeletal trees

Dressed now in ice and frost

Shivering in the wind

THE ICE RIMED TREES STOOD

The ice rimed trees stood

Before the snow queen’s cathedral

Like great ice pillars

LUNAR LIGHT SPARKLED

 

Lunar light sparkled

On twinkling ice, mimicking

Celestial cousins

WINTER HAIKU # 2

In the wonderland

Everything had softened

But for the bitter chill